poor choices
'Totally unacceptable:' BCHP handles record number of Sunfest-linked impaired drivers
NANAIMO - BC Highway Patrol is vowing to clamp down on impaired drivers after a disappointing number of music festival goers continue to make poor driving choices.Thirty-six drivers were handed some form of suspension of their driving privileges during traffic stops from BC Highway Patrol officers during the Sunfest Co...
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Post Season Bound
NightOwls face Bellingham Bells in first ever playoff appearance
NANAIMO - It came down to the last game of the 2026 West Coast League baseball season for the NightOwls to clinch a post season berth. The team finished with a 30-24 record, on the back of a 15-8 win over Kamloops on Wednesday, Aug.4, with their final record good for fourth in the North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk ...
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long time coming
Key north Nanaimo road rehab project completed
NANAIMO - Crews are putting the finishing touches on an extended construction project along a busy stretch of Hammond Bay Rd. This week the opening of the raised and separated bike lane on the north side of Hammond Bay Rd. between Brickyard and Turner roads signalled substantial completion of a notable road renewal pro...
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poor choices
'Totally unacceptable:' BCHP handles record number of Sunfest-linked impaired drivers
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NightOwls face Bellingham Bells in first ever playoff appearance
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Nanaimo Fringe Festival takes over downtown and Old City Quarter
NANAIMO - August is a time the Harbour City gets a little weird. The 2026 Nanaimo Fringe Festival takes place from Thursday, Aug. 6 until Aug. 16, with performances split between the Port Theatre and St. Andrews United Church at 315 Fitzwilliam St. Put on by the Pacific Coast Stage Company, artistic producer Yvette Dud...
Aug 06, 2026
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minor shift
Nanaimo rents start to trend down, joining long-time national trend
NANAIMO - Rents in the Harbour City have finally joined the Canada-wide trend. The most recent Rentals.ca Rent Report, published Thursday, Aug. 6, showed a 0.6 per cent drop year over year in rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Nanaimo, with an average price of $1,835. It marks a long-awaited stabilization in the local...
Aug 06, 2026
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BC Housing responds to break-ins by former Uplands Walk tenant
NANAIMO - While BC Housing acknowledges a brazen early morning break-in and theft at a north Nanaimo supportive housing complex, unanswered questions remain. Ricky John Randell, 55, a former Uplands Walk tenant, was recently handed a six-month jail sentence following a trio of north Nanaimo break-ins, including two at ...
Aug 06, 2026
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Trucker charged
Truck driver charged in fatal crash which killed Chemainus man
QUESNEL - Police in British Columbia say a tractor-trailer driver has been charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash involving a motorcyclist last year. The crash happened July 24, 2025, on Highway 97 near Quesnel, in the Cariboo region. ...
Aug 06, 2026
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school season
'Smiling, happy kids:' Fresh Start helping Nanaimo students get back to class
NANAIMO - A local barber is once again helping kids look fresh for the new school year. The Annual Fresh Start campaign is back on for its 12th year, collecting back-to-school supplies kids can pick up for the price of a story read or a picture drawn, along with getting their haircut. Organizer and owner of That 50s Ba...
Aug 06, 2026
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backup power
BC Hydro purchases Island natural gas power generation facility
CAMPBELL RIVER - In a bid to secure more reliable power during peak times for Vancouver Islanders, the province's electrical utility has purchased a local business.BC Hydro announced Wednesday, Aug. 5, the acquisition of Island Generation in Campbell River, a natural gas-based power facility which will help add capacit...
Aug 05, 2026
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British Columbia
Metro Vancouver bus operators reject tentative deal again, to begin job action
VANCOUVER - The union representing Metro Vancouver transit bus operators says its members have rejected a second tentative deal reached by negotiators. Unifor says in a statement that union workers will begin job action on Aug. 17 by launching a ban on...
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No consideration of charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in fatal arrest: IIO
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says it doesn't believe an Abbotsford officer committed an offence when a traffic-stop arrest turned fatal last year. The Independent Investigations Office says in a report into the death of a man on F...
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Old military transport aircraft to get new lease on life as waterbombers
OTTAWA - The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft. They're part of a fleet of 12 retired by the Royal ...
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B.C. police launch wildfire arson investigations, as blazes raise trauma in Shuswap
Terry Evans was driving home from picking up groceries with his wife on the north shore of Shuswap Lake on Wednesday when they spotted a fire in a ditch and several residents scrambling to bring water to douse it. Within 30 seconds, the flames had engu...
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Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes off Haida Gwaii coast in B.C. waters
MASSET - A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck off British Columbia's coast, with shaking reported across the islands of Haida Gwaii. Earthquakes Canada says the quake struck at 4:48 a.m. local time on Friday just a few kilometres from Haida Gwaii's n...
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Hiker found alive after being stranded for three days on cliffside in B.C.
COMOX - A hiker in his 20s who went missing since Monday on Vancouver Island in B.C. has been found after being stranded on a cliffside for three days. Comox Valley Search and Rescue took to social media to share the news, saying 25-year-old Keshav Ji...
Aug 07, 2026
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Post Season Bound
NightOwls face Bellingham Bells in first ever playoff appearance
NANAIMO - It came down to the last game of the 2026 West Coast League baseball season for the NightOwls to clinch a post season berth. The team finished with a 30-24 record, on the back of a 15-8 win over Kamloops on Wednesday, Aug.4, with their final record good for fourth in the North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk ...
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major milestone
Serauxmen Stadium celebrating 50 years in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A special celebration is being planned before the Nanaimo NightOwls game on Friday, July 31, to honour the 50th anniversary of Serauxmen Stadium. The pre-game ceremony starts at 6 p.m. at the stadium, with the first pitch against the Port Angeles Lefties being thrown at 6:35 pm, with fans encouraged to arrive...
Jul 30, 2026
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Home Opener
VI Raiders on the rise through the BCFC
NANAIMO - 2026 begins against the same opponent the VI Raiders faced in the British Columbia Football Conference playoffs last year. VI will host the Okanagan Sun to kick off a new season on Saturday, July 18, at Q'unq'inuqwsuxw Stadium. The Sun won their playoff matchup last fall 43-12, as part of a 10-0 season that s...
Jul 17, 2026
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Clippers 2026-27 BCHL schedule released
NANAIMO - Next season's full BCHL schedule has been released, with the puck dropping on the Nanaimo Clippers regular season on Friday Sept. 18 at Frank Crane Arena against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Clippers will have 26 home dates, 26 away games, and two yet-to-be-announced contests at the BCHL Showcase.Fridays w...
Jul 08, 2026
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Looking Back
Clipper netminder takes top prize at annual awards event
NANAIMO - The Clippers celebrated their season and remarkable playoff run with an awards ceremony and gathering of mostly team billets and volunteers.The Tuesday, May 26, celebration came just a few days removed from the end of the team's playoff run, which ended in Brooks on Friday, May 22, and featured speeches and a...
May 28, 2026
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Overtime Hurdle
Clippers lose titanic struggle in BCHL Finals to defending champion Brooks
BROOKS - The Clippers lost a fourth straight overtime game to the Brooks Bandits to lose out in five games in the BCHL Finals.After taking the first game by a score of 3-1 Nanaimo lost three straight 2-1 decisions and went down 4-3 in the series finale.The Bandits have now won back to back BCHL championships while Nana...
May 23, 2026
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Canada
Federal government's handful of health cut reversals won't help most refugees: doctors
TORONTO - The federal government has reinstated full coverage for a handful of health-care services for refugees, but doctors say it's not nearly enough. On May 1, Canada's Interim Federal Health Program imposed a 30 per cent co-payment requirement fo...
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Dairy farmers warn against concessions as U.S. tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA - Canadian dairy farmers are warning against any concessions involving their sector as trade talks intensify with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline. A new round of 50 per cent American tariffs on a range of Cana...
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N.S. Court of Appeal says province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in tents. The unanimous ruling by a panel of three judges overturned a Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision last yea...
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Old military transport aircraft to get new lease on life as waterbombers
OTTAWA - The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft. They're part of a fleet of 12 retired by the Royal ...
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Two 18-year-olds charged in fatal Salsa on St. Clair shooting
TORONTO - A pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month's deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, police said Friday, vowing to heighten security around other major street festivals. Jessiah Massaro-Gill a...
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B.C. police launch wildfire arson investigations, as blazes raise trauma in Shuswap
Terry Evans was driving home from picking up groceries with his wife on the north shore of Shuswap Lake on Wednesday when they spotted a fire in a ditch and several residents scrambling to bring water to douse it. Within 30 seconds, the flames had engu...
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World
A helicopter battling a Utah wildfire crashes with no word on the 2 people aboard
RICHFIELD, Utah (AP) - A helicopter helping battle a large Utah wildfire crashed Friday with no word on the conditions of the two people aboard as officials said they couldn't immediately reach the crash site. The helicopter was one of se...
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Senate confirms Hamilton to lead FEMA and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees
The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporarily last year only to be fired after he publicly opposed eliminating it. ...
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Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a yearlong campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinforce U.S. support for Ukraine and try to force President Vladimir Putin's hand ...
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Made here. Grown here. Connected here. Island Good launches new website to make shopping Island products easier Every choice to shop Island-made is a win for Vancouver Island communities and now it's easier than ever. Island Good has launched a newly redesigned website that helps Vancouver Islanders and visitors quickl...
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